Peter Capaldi
Scottish actor and filmmaker · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1958 · age 68 · also Italy
Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2013-2017) and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It (2005-2012), for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male...
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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarFilm, The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
Criminal RecordSeries, Producer2019
The Personal History of David CopperfieldFilm, Mr. Micawber2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a TimeFilm, The Doctor (12)2016
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor MysterioFilm, The Doctor2014
The MusketeersSeries, Cardinal Richelieu
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in HeavenFilm, 2014The Doctor (12)2011
Big Fat Gypsy GangsterFilm, Peter Van Gellis2010British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy PerformanceAwardChlotrudis Award for Best CastAwardChlotrudis Award for Best Supporting ActorAward
ConanSeries, 20102007
SkinsSeries, Mark
MagiciansFilm, 2007Mike Francis2005
Doctor WhoSeries, Caecilius
House of 9Film, 2005Max Roy2002
MaxFilm, David Cohn2001
Waking the DeadSeries, Lucien Calvin1998
What Rats Won't DoFilm, Tony1997
Midsomer MurdersSeries, Laurence Barker1995Academy Award for Best Live Action Short FilmAward
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful LifeFilm, 1995Director, Writer1994BAFTA Award for Best Short FilmAward
CaptivesFilm, 1994Simon1990
Have I Got News for YouSeries1988
Dangerous LiaisonsFilm, Azolan1985
Screen TwoSeries, Bruce Coldfield1983
Local HeroFilm, Danny Oldsen1979
MinderSeries, Ozzie1958Born14 April 1958People around Peter
Jenna Coleman Also in Doctor Who and Doctor Who, series 8
Matt Lucas Also in Doctor Who and Paddington
Pearl Mackie Also in Doctor Who and Doctor Who, series 10
Michelle Gomez Also in Flatline and The Caretaker
Rachel Talalay Directed Heaven Sent and Dark Water
Douglas Mackinnon Directed Flatline, Listen and Time Heist
Samuel Anderson Also in Doctor Who and Flatline
Matt Smith Also in Doctor Who, duets: The Doctor
Armando Iannucci Directed The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)
Ben Wheatley Directed Deep Breath and Into the Dalek
Chris Addison Also in The Thick of It and The Caretaker
Stefan Schwartz Directed The Best Man and Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Paul McGann Duets: The Doctor
David Tennant Duets: The Doctor
Jodie Whittaker Duets: The Doctor
Ben Whishaw Also in Paddington 2 (2017)
David Heyman Produced Paddington and Paddington 2
Phyllis Logan Peter directed Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)
Paul King Directed Paddington and Paddington 2- Coky Giedroyc Directed The Hour and The Nativity
Hettie MacDonald Directed The Magician's Apprentice (2015)- Charles Palmer Directed Oxygen and The Eaters of Light
Tom Baker Duets: The Doctor, also in Doctor Who
Peter Davison Duets: The Doctor, also in Doctor Who
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor 2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor 2013
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time 2017
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song 2015
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven 2014
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He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2013-2017) and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It (2005-2012), for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010.